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TIL Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory(2005).

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dX77 TIL building a time machine is believed to be scientifically possible but requires building a gigantic particle accelerator in space, stabilizing space-time foam, plucking out a wormhole, enlarging it and connecting it a gravitational field.
6EPNY TIL Conan O'Brien, as a young Harvard student, really wanted to meet Bill Cosby, so he created a fake award to be rewarded to Cosby and convinced him to come to Harvard to accept the award. He proceeded to award him with an old bowling trophy.
pYJmG TIL that the lyrics of South Africa's national anthem employ the five most widely spoken of their eleven official languages – Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and English. The lyrics are sung in these languages regardless of the native language of the singer.
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QJVQ9 TIL the extravagant 80's & 90's Queen of Color Lisa Frank had an official club with mail-out catalog, store in the Tucson mall, and even an amusement park planned!